TITLE:
COVID-19 Infection and Homozygous SS Sickle Cell Disease in Children: About Two Cases in Ziguinchor/Senegal
AUTHORS:
Lamine Thiam, Noel Magloire Manga, Chérif Mouhamadou Aidara, Amadou Lamine Fall, Ibrahima Diagne, Ousmane Ndiaye
KEYWORDS:
COVID 19 Infection, Sickle Cell Disease, Child
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.10 No.4,
December
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization declared that corona virus diseases-19 (COVID-19) is a public health emergency.
The COVID-19 pandemic is more likely to cause disaster in developing area including West Africa due to limited
medical resources. COVID-19 reportedly causes severer conditions in adults with
advanced age and in patients with
underlying comorbidities including sickle cell anemia. We recently experienced two pediatric patients with sickle cell disease
(SS), who had COVID-19. We here highlight the difficulties of management and
the severity of COVID-19 infection in children with homozygous sickle cell SS.